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Fall 1st Grade
Item #
INQ.005

Item Stem
Source
Last {fall/spring}, we spoke with ECLS-K
{NAME OF RESPONDENT} who took
part in the Early Childhood
Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class
of 2010-2011 on {DATE OF LAST
INTERVIEW}. Am I talking to the same
person?

INQ.010

May I please speak with {NAME OF
PREVIOUS ROUND RESPONDENT}?

INQ.015

Are you the parent or guardian in this
household who knows the most about
{CHILD}'s care, education, and health?

NEW

NHES:2007 (modified)

INQ.020

May I please speak with the parent or
guardian in the household who knows
the most about {CHILD}'s care,
education, and health?
NHES:2007 (modified)

INQ.025

May I please speak with a household
member who is 18 or older and knows
about {CHILD}'s care, education, and
health?
NHES:2007 (modified)

INQ.030

May I have your name please?

ECLS-K

INQ.040/040b

(As I mentioned earlier), you and
ECLS-K
{CHILD} have been selected to take
part in the Early Childhood
Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class
of 2010-2011, which is sponsored by
the U.S. Department of Education,
National Center for Education
Statistics. I have some questions for
you that ask about {CHILD}'s school
and home experiences. The
information I collect in this interview
will be extremely valuable in
understanding the development of
young children and how their early
school experiences can be improved.
The interview should take about 15
minutes.

INQ.041

Are you the parent or guardian in this
household who knows the most about
{CHILD}'s care, education, and health?
NHES:2007 (modified)

INQ.042

May I please speak with the parent or
guardian in the household who knows
the most about {CHILD}'s
NHES:2007 (modified)

INQ.043

May I please speak with a household
member who is 18 or older and knows
about {CHILD}'s care, education, and
health?
NHES:2007 (modified)

INQ.060

{[}May I have your name, please?{]}

ECLS-K

INQ.070

[May I have your name, please?]

ECLS-K

INQ.080/080b

INQ.080 (As I mentioned earlier), you ECLS-K
and {CHILD} were selected to take part
in the Early Childhood Longitudinal
Study Kindergarten Class of 2010-2011
last fall, which is sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Education, National
Center for Education Statistics. I have
some questions for you that ask about
{CHILD}’s school and home
experiences. The information I collect
in this interview will be extremely
valuable in understanding the
development of young children and
how their early school experiences can
be improved. The interview should
take about 15 minutes.

INQ.090/090b

Last {fall/spring}, you and {CHILD} took ECLS-K
part in the Early Childhood
Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Class
of 2010-2011, which is sponsored by
the U.S. Department of Education,
National Center for Education
Statistics. I have some questions for
you that ask about {CHILD}’s school
and home experiences since our last
interview. The information I collect in
this interview will be extremely
valuable in understanding the
development of young children and
how their early school experiences can
be improved. The interview should
take about 15 minutes.

INQ.110

I would like to verify the spelling of ECLS-K
your name for our records. Is your first
name spelled {FIRST NAME OF
PREVIOUS ROUND RESPONDENT}?

INQ.112

How do you spell your first name?

ECLS-K

INQ.115

[I would like to verify the spelling of
ECLS-K
your name for our records. Is your last
name spelled] {LAST NAME OF
PREVIOUS ROUND RESPONDENT}?

INQ.116
INQ.130

How do you spell your last name?
ECLS-K
Before we begin the interview, I would ECLS-K
like to verify some information.
I have recorded {CHILD's FIRST,
MIDDLE, AND LAST NAME} as
{CHILD}'s full name. Is this correct?

INQ.160

ASK IF NOT OBVIOUS: {I have {CHILD} ECLS-K
recorded as {male/female}. Is that
correct?}{/{Is {CHILD} male or
female?}

INQ.170

{I have recorded that {CHILD} was
born on {DATE OF BIRTH}. Is that
correct?/What is {CHILD}'s date of
birth?}

INQ.175

So {CHILD} is {AGE CALCULATED FROM ECLS-K
DATE OF BIRTH AT INQ.170} years old.
Is that correct?

INQ.176
INQ.180

How old is {CHILD}?
{I have recorded that {CHILD}'s home
address is:}/{What is {CHILD}'s home
address?}

ECLS-K
ECLS-K

INQ.190

MAKE CORRECTIONS TO ADDRESS
BELOW.

ECLS-K

INQ.200

{I have recorded that {PHONE ECLS-K
NUMBER} is {CHILD}'s family's current
home phone number.
Is this
correct?/What is {CHILD}'s family's
current home phone number?}

INQ.205

MAKE CORRECTIONS TO TELEPHONE
NUMBER BELOW

ECLS-K

ECLS-K

TUQ.040

Some children go away during the
summer for short periods of time to
stay with relatives, to go to camp, or
to go to other places. Please tell me,
during the time that {CHILD} was out
of regular school, how many weeks
was {he/she} not staying with you,
either at home or at another place?

ECLS-K

TUQ.060/060OS

Where was {CHILD} when {he/she}
was not with you?

ECLS-K

HEQ.010a/b/c

Now I'd like to talk with you about
ECLS-K
{CHILD}'s activities with family
members during a typical week of the
summer. {Since {CHILD} was not with
you for a lot of the summer, please
just answer questions about activities
that you happen to know about, or tell
us if you can’t answer because
{he/she} was away from you for the
whole summer.} How often did you or
any other family member …
a. Do math activities with {CHILD},
such as learning numbers, adding,
subtracting, or measuring. Would you
say never, once or twice, 3-6 times, or
every day?
b. Do writing activities with
{him/her}?
c. Read books to {him/her}?

HEQ.020

Thinking about a typical week during
the summer, when you or another
family member read to {CHILD}, how
long was {he/she} generally read to
each time? Would you say …

ECLS-K

HEQ.030a/b/c

During a typical week during the
ECLS-K
summer, how often did {CHILD}… a.
Look at or read books on {his/her}
own? Would you say never, once or
twice, 3-6 times, or every day?
b. Use a computer
or other electronic device for
educational purposes?
c. Play outside actively (for
example, running, jumping, or
swinging)?

HEQ.038a/b

Now I’d like to ask some questions
about {CHILD}’s television viewing
during the summer. We want you to
include television shows, videotapes,
and DVDs, but not games played on
gaming systems like Playstation, Wii,
or XBox.

ECLS-K (modified)

On a typical summer day, how many
hours of television, videotapes, or
DVDs on average did {CHILD} watch?

HEQ.039a/b

Now I’d like to ask some questions
New
about the amount of time {CHILD}
played video games over the summer.
We want you to include games played
on systems like Playstation, Wii, or
Xbox, or on handheld devices such as
a Nintendo DS, Sony PSP or an iPod, or
games played on the computer. On a
typical summer day, how much time
did {CHILD} spend playing video
games? Please do not include time the
child spent on the computer doing
educational activities.

HEQ.050

About how many times during the
summer did {CHILD} go to the library
or a bookstore?

ECLS-K (modified)

HEQ.060

Did {he/she} participate in any story
hours at the library or bookstore?

ECLS-K (modified)

HEQ.090

Did {CHILD}'s school give you a book ECLS-K (modified)
list with particular books to read over
the summer?

HEQ.095

How many books on that list did
{CHILD} read during the summer?

HEQ.150a/b/c/d/e/f

During the summer, did you or
ECLS-K (modified)
another family member take {CHILD}
to any of the following places?
a. An art gallery, museum, or historical
site? 1 2 8 9
b. Zoos or aquariums?
c. Amusement parks?
d. Beaches, lakes, rivers, or state or
national parks?
e. Plays or concerts?
f. A large city (other than where
{CHILD} lives)?

HEQ.220

Summer school includes programs
ECLS-K
that schools suggest or require a child
to attend, and also school enrichment
programs that are optional. Did
{CHILD} attend summer school this
summer? Please don't include
summer camp.

HEQ.230a/b

How long did {CHILD} attend summer ECLS-K
school this summer?

HEQ.250

How many days a week did {CHILD}
attend summer school or the school
enrichment program?

ECLS-K

HEQ.260

How many hours a day did {CHILD}
attend this program?

ECLS-K

NEW

HEQ.270a/b/c/d/e/f/g

HEQ.280

Did this program include...
a. Reading?
b. Math?
c. Science?
d. Art?
e. Music?
f. Computers?
g. English language
instruction?
Was the summer school a program …

ECLS-K

ECLS-K

Required by the school,
Suggested by the school, or
A program you decided to send
{him/her} to?
HEQ.290

During this past summer, did {CHILD} ECLS-K
receive any type of services for
children with special needstherapy,
such as speech or occupational
therapy, or did {he/she} participate in
a summer special education program?

HEQ.298a/b/c/d/e/OS

Did {CHILD} receive…
a. Speech or language therapy?

ECLS-K

b. Occupational therapy?
HEQ.300

c. Physical therapy?
Did {CHILD} attend any day or
overnight camps over the summer?

ECLS-K

HEQ.305

How many camps did {CHILD} go to?

ECLS-K

HEQ.330

{Please answer for the camp where
ECLS-K
{CHILD} spent the most time during
the summer.} How many days a week
did {CHILD} attend the camp?

HEQ.340

How many hours a day did {CHILD}
attend the camp?

ECLS-K

HEQ.350

About how many weeks did {CHILD}
attend the camp?

ECLS-K

HEQ.360a/b/c/d/e

{Now, I’d like to ask you about all the ECLS-K
camps that {CHILD} went to during the
summer.} {Now, I’d like to ask you
about both camps that {CHILD} went
to during the summer.} Did the
camp{s} include...a. Sports?
b. Arts and crafts?
c. Computers?
d. Academic activities?
e. Music, performing arts or drama?

HEQ.393

Did {CHILD}’s participation in {this
camp/any of these camps} help to
cover the hours when you needed
adult supervision for {him/her}?

HEQ.430

Was {CHILD} tutored over the summer ECLS-K
on a regular basis, by someone other
than you or a family member, in a
specific subject, such as reading,
math, science, or a foreign language?

HEQ.440/440OS
HEQ.450

What was {CHILD} tutored in?
How many days a week was {CHILD}
tutored?

ECLS-K
ECLS-K

HEQ.460

How many hours a day was {CHILD}
tutored?

ECLS-K

HEQ.470

About how many weeks was {CHILD} ECLS-K
tutored?
Did {CHILD} receive child care during ECLS-K
the summer on a regular basis from
someone other than you or {his/her}
other another parents or guardians?
This does not include occasional babysitting or backup care providers. It
also does not include summer camp.

CCQ.011

ECLS-K

CCQ.012

Let's talk about the child care that
ECLS-K
{CHILD} spent the most time in on a
regular basis during the summer. Did
{CHILD} spend the most time receiving
child care from a relative, a nonrelative in a private home, or a day
care center or extended day program?

CCQ.013

How many hours each week did
ECLS-K
{CHILD} {receive care from {{his/her}
relative/receive care from {his/her}
non-relative/go to the day care center
or extended day program}?

CCQ.014

How many weeks during the summer
did {CHILD} receive care from
{{his/her} relative/{his/her} nonrelative/the day care center or
extended day program}?

CMQ.680

WAS THIS INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY ECLS-K
TELEPHONE OR IN-PERSON?

CMQ.690/690OS

WAS THIS INTERVIEW CONDUCTED IN ECLS-K
ENGLISH, SPANISH, OR ANOTHER
LANGUAGE?

CMQ.695

WHERE WAS THIS INTERVIEW
CONDUCTED?

CMQ.700

Thank you very much for your ECLS-K
cooperation and for taking the time to
participate in the Early Childhood
Longitudinal Study.

CMQ.701

We would like to call the parent or ECLS-K
guardian for {CHILD} at the household
where {he/she} lives.
Could you
please give me the name and
telephone number for the home that I
should call?

CMQ.702

We would like to call back when
{CHILD}’s parent or guardian is
available. Please tell me when we
should call back.

ECLS-K

ECLS-K

ECLS-K

Construct
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Research Question
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Introduction

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Introduction
Introduction

NA
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Child's sex

PQ2

Child's date of birth PQ2

Child's age

PQ2

Child's age
Home address

PQ2
NA

Home address

NA

Telephone number NA

Telephone number NA

Time with
respondent during
the summer

PQ2

Time with
respondent during
the summer

PQ2

Frequency of math, PQ3
writing, and reading
activities with the
child

Frequency of
reading activities
with the child

PQ3

Frequency of
PQ3, PQ4
reading activities,
computer use, and
playing outside

Number of hours
PQ4
the child spent
watching television

Number of hours
the child spent
playing video
games

PQ4

Number of
PQ3
times the child
went to a
library or
bookstore

Participation in PQ3
story hours at
the library or
bookstore
Whether the school PQ5
provided a list of
books for the child
to read over the
summer
The number of
PQ5
books the child
read from the book
list
Outings

PQ3, PQ4

Summer school

PQ5

Summer school

PQ5

Summer school

PQ5

Summer school

PQ5

Summer school

PQ5

Summer school

PQ5

The child’s receipt PQ8
of therapy services
or participation in a
special education
program over the
summer;

Speech or language PQ8
therapy over the
summer;
Occupational
therapy over the
summer;
Physical therapy
Summer
camp
PQ4
over the summer;
Psychological
services over the
Summer camp

PQ4

Summer camp

PQ4

Summer camp

PQ4

Summer camp

PQ4

Summer camp

PQ4

Summer camp

PQ6

Tutoring

PQ7

Tutoring
Tutoring

PQ7
PQ7

Tutoring

PQ7

Tutoring

PQ7

Child care

PQ6

Child care

PQ6

Child care

PQ6

Child care

PQ6

Closing

NA

Closing

NA

Closing

NA

Closing

NA

Closing

NA

Closing

NA

Fall 1st Grade
Item #
Language and Literacy: Item 1

Language and Literacy: Item 2

Social Skills: 1-26

Social Skills: Item 11

Social Skills: Item 14

Social Skills: Item 15

Social Skills: Item 21

Social Skills: Item 23

Social Skills: Item 24

Social Skills: Item 25

Student Information: 1
Student Information: 2
Student Information: 3
Student Information: 4
Student Information: 5

Student Information: 6
Student Information: 7
Student Information: 8

Item Stem
Contributes relevant information to classroom discussions

Demonstrates beginning writing skills

Twenty-six items ask teachers to rate children in their classroom on social skills (including their ability to
exercise self-control, interact with others, resolve conflict, and participate in group activities); problem
behaviors (e.g., fighting, bullying, arguing, anger, depression, low self-esteem, impulsiveness, etc.); and
learning dispositions or “approaches to learning” (e.g., curiosity, self-direction, and inventiveness). The
social skills items and the problem behavior items are not listed as they are copyright protected. The seven
learning disposition items are not copyright protected and are listed below.

Keeps belongings organized.

Shows eagerness to learn new things.

Works independently.

Easily adapts to changes in routine.

Persists in completing tasks.

Pays attention well.

Follows classroom rules.

Child's current grade
Was child given school assignment over the summer
What did summer assignment include
Did child complete summer assignment
How many reading achievement groups in class

In which reading achievement group is child placed
How many mathematics achievement groups in class
In which mathematics achievement group is child placed

Source
ECLS-K

Construct
Evaluation of Child’s Skills,
Knowledge, and Behavior

Research Question
TQ1

ECLS-K

Evaluation of Child’s Skills,
Knowledge, and Behavior

TQ1

Social Skills
Evaluation of Child’s Skills,
Rating System Knowledge, and Behavior
(SSRS).
Copyright ©
1990 NCS
Pearson.
Adapted with
permission.

TQ2

ECLS-K

Evaluation of Child’s Skills,
Knowledge, and Behavior

TQ2

ECLS-K

Evaluation of Child’s Skills,
Knowledge, and Behavior

TQ2

ECLS-K

Evaluation of Child’s Skills,
Knowledge, and Behavior

TQ2

ECLS-K

Evaluation of Child’s Skills,
Knowledge, and Behavior

TQ2

ECLS-K

Evaluation of Child’s Skills,
Knowledge, and Behavior

TQ2

ECLS-K

Evaluation of Child’s Skills,
Knowledge, and Behavior

TQ2

ECLS-K

Evaluation of Child’s Skills,
Knowledge, and Behavior

TQ2

ECLS-K
New
New
New
ECLS-K

Summer Assignments
Summer Assignments
Summer Assignments
Achievement Group
Placement

NA
TQ3
TQ3
TQ3
TQ4

ECLS-K

Achievement Group
Placement

TQ4

ECLS-K

Achievement Group
Placement

TQ4

ECLS-K

Achievement Group
Placement

TQ4